W&L's Boles and Holmes Named ODAC Player of the Week

Nov 04, 2013

LEXINGTON, Va. – The Old Dominion Athletic Conference has
announced that two Washington and Lee student-athletes have been
selected as the conference’s Player of the Week for the week
ending November 3.

Senior outside hitter M.A. Boles (Houston, Texas/St. John's) has
been named the Volleyball Player of the Week, while first-year
Elisabeth Holmes (Raleigh, N.C./Needham B. Broughton) has been
selected the Swimmer of the Week.

Boles set the ODAC career kills record in leading the Washington
and Lee volleyball team to a 3-1 victory at Emory & Henry on
Saturday. It was the only match of the week for the Generals, and
the win locked down the top seed in the conference tournament for
W&L. Boles had a match-high 16 kills and a match-high 17 digs
to lead the Blue and White. She also totaled three blocks and had
three assists.

After setting the W&L career kills record earlier this
season, Boles surpassed Heather Cook's mark of 1,656 to secure the
ODAC mark as well. Boles now has 1,666 kills in her career. Boles
leads the ODAC in kills (367) and is second in kills per set (3.50)
this season.

The volleyball team returns to action on Wednesday when they
host Shenandoah for the first-round on the ODAC Tournament. The
time is yet to be determined.

Holmes picked up her second weekly award, helping the Generals
to a third-place finish at the Wingate Invitational this past
weekend after recording three Top 5 individual finishes.

On day one, she recorded the highest finish of the day, touching
the wall in a time of 5:10.81 to take fourth-place in the 500 free.
Holmes continued to her success on day two by placing second in the
1000 free, clocking in at 10:38.98, the second fastest time in
school history. She also finished second in the 200 free in a time
of 1:56.52, and was part of the 200 free relay squad that took home
third-place (1:43.01) honors and the 400 free relay that also
placed third (3:41.50).

The Generals return to the pool on Friday, hosting Sweet Briar.
The meet is set to start at 6:00 pm.